Haven Support Inc

Causes: Counseling, Mental Health

Mission: We are a community of peers who support each other through life and mental illness. I'm Zen and I am the founder of The Haven Support. Currently our network consists of The Haven, an 18 and over peer support mental health chat on Discord (a voice, video, and text platform designed for gamers) and our sister server Haven Retreat, for everyone ages 18 and up looking for support and a community of caring peers, with or without mental illness. The Haven Support is a nonprofit organization. Our goal is to help provide members with financial aid or access to mental health care. Every member of The Haven lives with a mental illness, including the moderators and administrators. You do not need an official diagnosis to chat, but you must believe or suspect that you are living with a mental illness. Peer support is unique and facilitates an environment of compassion and understanding. It is vital to share experiences with people who understand and relate. We have 10+ support channels where you can have one on one chats with other members about whatever is troubling you, as well as channels for group support. Many members have volunteered their time to focus on providing support for others when they feel able. You may find that sometimes no one is available to chat, due to the unpredictable nature of an international volunteer network. However, we do our best to ensure that no one feels alone. Haven Retreat is an 18 and over server dedicated to creating a space for everyone, with or without a mental illness, to come together and find support and community. We have health and wellbeing chats, a parenting mental illness chat that focuses on the experience of the parent whose child is mentally ill, as well as general interest and support channels. Like The Haven, Retreat offers one on one volunteer support sessions. Anyone can volunteer. Friends, family, and loved ones are welcome. Our community is diverse and often lively. In both servers there are channels for selfies, venting, general mental health conversation, and a daily prompt to spur your mind into action. We sometimes hold groups on The Haven in voice chat and over text that focus on specific aspects of mental illness, like CBT and DBT. We host a variety of cross-server recreational events like group video game sessions, coloring events, selfie contests, and reading aloud. We also have a new forum hosted by PsychCentral that is open to everyone 13 and up! Check it out. This includes friends, family, and loved ones, as well as people who just want to help out. We are diligent about maintaining a safe space for our users. The moderating team is active and takes the safety of our community seriously. Please do not hesitate to bring issues to team members.